Remember the Typo—the keyboard case for the iPhone 5/5s? It garnered quite a bit of attention when it launched late last year, thanks in part to its celebrity co-founder Ryan Seacrest and the unsurprising lawsuit lodged against it by BlackBerry.

We hadn’t heard much from the company since March, when it was hit with a preliminary injunction for allegedly infringing BlackBerry’s keyboard patent. But it’s back this week with a redesigned Typo 2 keyboard case for all late-model iPhones…

It seems fairly obvious that the Typo 2 is a response to the BlackBerry infringement suit. The design of the keyboard has been completely revamped, and looking at the product’s website, it talks about the accessory like the first Typo never existed.

Typo 2 was born out of a desire for efficiency. For several years, many of our friends and colleagues carried two phones: one for typing and correspondence and an iPhone for virtually everything else. One night, we were out to dinner and both had our phones on the table.

Two people, four phones! We looked at each other and thought there was an easy solution to the problem, a keyboard for the iPhone. After ordering every iPhone keyboard available, we realized that there was no solution that worked well.

That’s when we decided to take matters into our own hands and Typo 2 was born. After nearly two years of development, engineering, testing and feedback, we have created Typo 2 , an indispensible business tool that busy people simply can’t live without.

Here’s a front and back look at the device:

The Typo 2 adds just under a quarter of an inch in thickness to your iPhone 5/5s and 3/4 inches in length. The keyboard tech is called TYPOTouch, which is apparently patented, and it features white LED-backlit keys and a built-in lithium battery.

If you’re interested, the Typo 2 costs $99 and is now available for pre-order. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’ll begin shipping until mid-September, which is right around the time that Apple is expected to unveil the larger, redesigned iPhone 6.

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What about that $300+ camera/keyboard abomination that Will.I.Am created?

TonyVee73

Never seen it. I gotta Google that.

http://www.bearsstillsuck.com/ Simon

I totally forgot all about that one! That is by far the worst ever made. I actually thought this looked kinda cool.. A very loose “kinda” lol

Willie

I don’t want my iPhone to look like a remote control

http://www.youtube.com/matthewmspace matthewmspace

Still looks like a Blackberry keyboard.

http://www.clubnokiard.com/ Frankie Bloise

True, looks a bit like the Blackberry Q5 kb.

M Last

where is my home key?:))

https://twitter.com/aidanharris1 Aidan Harris

Bottom left?

AndroidDogHeatandSteelersFan

bad placement lol

onesimpleclik

$99? They’re dreaming.

mwpitt52

Now you know what the iPhone 6 will look like.

Truffol

Why not save the R&D effort for an iPhone 6 keyboard case? They’ll have more width for bigger buttons anyway…

Matt

Imagine how tall your phone would be

sosarozay300

its not that much taller, its like the bottom bezel twice

Matt

Oh… I was imagining half the screen 😀

Tamahome5555

well..

Tamahome5555

..

vivalaivsca

This is so sick. I miss my Palm Treo, I love it i love it i love it.

Parth Patel

I don’t know if anybody want a physical keyboard these days.

felixtaf

Why not Jus buy a Q10 for ~250$ as a second phone to show your love for BB than this 99$ useless accessory!

http://www.clubnokiard.com/ Frankie Bloise

Agreed

onesimpleclik

^ This. You’d be better having a real Blackberry, than this shitty case.

http://www.eazycomputers.com/ PhoneTechJay

Hi, I’m typo 2 case and I’d like to make the already long iPhone 5 even longer so that you can have a blackberry-esk physical keyboard. Oddly enough my keys are still small and you’ll still have quite a few typos.
PS. You will also love the fact I moved your home button to the bottom left of me.